Keywords: blackandwhite monochrome black and white NW corner of Granville and Smithe Streets, 1951. The Silk Hat Cafe was popular for their fruit salads. In the mid-'50s, restaurant manager Hank Oliver purchased the Silk Hat, adding it to his Aristocratic Restaurant chain (Aristocratic Restaurant No. 6 was located kitty-corner from the Silk Hat at this intersection). [Vancouver Public Library; Artray photograph] NW corner of Granville and Smithe Streets, 1951. The Silk Hat Cafe was popular for their fruit salads. In the mid-'50s, restaurant manager Hank Oliver purchased the Silk Hat, adding it to his Aristocratic Restaurant chain (Aristocratic Restaurant No. 6 was located kitty-corner from the Silk Hat at this intersection). [Vancouver Public Library; Artray photograph] |